Improved twine-holder



tated ,tatea @wat @Mina ALBERT J. GCODEICH, CE. WCLCCTTVILLE,CONNECTICUT, AssIeNoE To TURNER,

sEYMoUE, ANDJUDDS, 0E SAME PLACE.

y '13mm Patent No. 92,819, dated Juzg 2o, 1869.

IMPROVED TWNE-HOLDER.

The Schedule referred 'to in these Letters Patent and making part; ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. GooDRICH, of Wolcottville, in the countyof Litchiield, and State of Gonnecticut, have invented and made a newand useful- Improvement in Twine-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact de .and the friction-weight,and

Figure 2 is a plan of the lower part of the twineholder.

Figure 3 is a detached elevation ofthe weight.

Similar letters denote the saule parts.

A twine-holder has before been made in which two open-work shells areprovided for holding' the ball, and said shells have either beensuspended by a ring or hook, or set upon a bracket, and a friction-brakehas been applied, as in Letters Patent granted April 16, 1867, No.63,950.

My vpresent iuventrionis an improvement upon the aforesaid LettersPatent, and consists in a globular or roundingr Weight in asocket at thelowerslde ofthesbell, to rest upon the twine, that is to bepassedvbeneath the said weight and led ont of an openingthrough said socket,so that said weight becomes a brake, to prevent the twine unwind'ing bythe weight of the hanging cord.

In the drawing, a and b are the hernispherical shells, hinged togetherat c, and either suspended by a lhook or ring, or supported by the studd. Neither of these parts, however, is my invention.

-T-he lower part of the shell a is made with a socket, e,='in which isplaced the globular or rounding weight f," that gives the necessaryfriction upon the cord passin'g below it, and out at the hole i.

j This weight' cannot become entangled in the cord, and, if desired, alever-arm, g', may extend from the ball out through the shell andterminate as an eye, for the oord to pass through, in order that theball may be lifted from the twine when said twine is pulled down. v

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

`1. The Weight f and socket e, in combination with the shell of thetwine-holder. as and for the purposes set forth. Y

2. The lever-arm g, with an eye at the end, in combination withtheweight f, socket c, and twine-holder, as and for the purposes. setforth.

In witness whereof, I have hereuntoset my siguature, this 21st day ofMay, A. D. 1S69.

' ALBERT J. GOODRIGH.

Witnesses:

J As. H. PRESTON, RODNEY L. SMITH.'

